Our team
Better people make better lending
We lend billions of dollars to commercial real estate projects every year. But it’s not just capital that distinguishes us. It’s the empowered nature of our workforce. Our advisors are experienced experts whose sole focus is to deliver financing
strategies that enable you to achieve greater success.
Our Better Lending culture – three decades in the making – is built on the skill that comes from pure mortgage lending. Because we start from a position of knowledge about you, your project, and your market, we can design solutions that
are fit for your purpose. And because accountability is in our nature, we meet our commitments.
Better by design, better by nature, better for you in every corner of the country.

Team Cook
Encouraging innovation. Driving impact. Nurturing relationships.
As a team, we are always innovating to consistently deliver unexpected value and excellence to our clients. We innovate within a structure of priorities and process, which creates openness and a high level of efficiency. We relish challenges, emphasize quality over quantity and communicate candidly.
Our team meets weekly to explore strategies that can impact our clients’ experiences, portfolio growth and business results. We learn from each other about how we’ve delivered value and empowered our clients.
We believe in providing a high level of excellence, nurturing deep client relationships and partnering for long-term success.
Peter
Cook
- Assistant Vice President, Commercial Financing
- Email Peter Cook
- 416.593.2913
Robert
Fleet
- Assistant Vice President, Commercial Financing
- Email Robert Fleet
- 905.301.3449
Evan
Pawliuk
- Assistant Vice President, Commercial Financing
- Email Evan Pawliuk
- 416.597.7687
Daniel
Bragagnolo
- Senior Director, Commercial Financing
- Email Daniel Bragagnolo
- 416.597.5460
Andrew
Brickley
- Director, Commercial Financing
- Email Andrew Brickley
- 613.759.2085
Reed
Bracken
- Assistant Vice President, Commercial Financing
- Email Reed Bracken
- 416.593.2464
Patricia
Alvaro
- Director and Team Lead, Commercial Financing
- Email Patricia Alvaro
- 416.593.2924
Anne
Bastiampillai
- Director and Team Lead, Commercial Mortgages
- Email Anne Bastiampillai
- 647.654.9860
Rita
Casinha
- Manager, Commercial Financing
- Email Rita Casinha
- 416.593.2944
Adriana
Palazzolo
- Manager and Team Lead, Commercial Financing
- Email Adriana Palazzolo
Dev
Gosine
- Senior Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Dev Gosine
- 416.204.5629
Aaron
LaRose
- Senior Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Aaron LaRose
- 437.219.2708
Daniel
Kim
- Senior Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Daniel Kim
- 416.684.1672
Ryan
Lim
- Senior Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Ryan Lim
- 647.699.4856
Ariel
Rososhansky
- Senior Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Ariel Rososhansky
- 416.597.7689
Sean
Redmond
- Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Sean Redmond
- 416.597.3507
Mark
Dekoven
- Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Mark Dekoven
- 416.204.5640
Taylor
Foden
- Analyst, Commercial Financing
- Email Taylor Foden
- 437-500-2387